VERB | cognition | conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning |
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cognition | conclude | bring to a close | |
communication | conclude, resolve | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | |
stative | conclude, close | come to a close | |
communication | conclude | reach agreement on |
Sounds | kahnkluw'd | |
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Rhymes | accrued ... vicissitude: 66 rhymes with uwd... |
Meaning | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They conclude that there was a traffic accident | |
Synonyms | reason, reason out | |
Narrower | deduce, infer, deduct, derive | reason by deduction |
deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning | |
find, feel | Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | |
gather | conclude from evidence | |
generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer | Draw from specific cases for more general cases | |
induce | reason or establish by induction | |
syllogize, syllogise | reason by syllogisms | |
Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
Spanish | concluir, inferir, razonar | |
Catalan | concloure, decidir, raonar | |
Adjectives | conclusive | forming an end or termination |
Nouns | conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something |
Meaning | Bring to a close. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The committee concluded the meeting" | |
Narrower | perorate | conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation |
Broader | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
Spanish | acabar, concluir, terminar | |
Catalan | concloure | |
Nouns | conclusion | the act of ending something |
Meaning | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Synonym | resolve | |
Narrower | settle, square off, square up, determine | Settle conclusively |
Broader | agree, hold, concur, concord | Be in accord / accord |
Spanish | concluir, resolver | |
Adjectives | conclusive | forming an end or termination |
Nouns | conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something |
Meaning | Come to a close. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonym | close | |
Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
Spanish | acabar, concluir, terminar | |
Catalan | cloure |
Meaning | reach agreement on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | agree | achieve harmony / harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose |
Spanish | concluir |
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